diff --git a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/persist/dao/CloudStackSvcOfferingDao.java b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/persist/dao/CloudStackSvcOfferingDao.java
index 96c6ec721e7..922d5e1da42 100644
--- a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/persist/dao/CloudStackSvcOfferingDao.java
+++ b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/persist/dao/CloudStackSvcOfferingDao.java
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
  */
 package com.cloud.bridge.persist.dao;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import com.cloud.bridge.persist.EntityDao;
-import com.cloud.stack.models.CloudStackConfiguration;
 import com.cloud.stack.models.CloudStackServiceOffering;
 
 
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ public class CloudStackSvcOfferingDao extends EntityDao<CloudStackServiceOfferin
 	    super(CloudStackServiceOffering.class, true);
 	}
 
-
-	public CloudStackServiceOffering getSvcOfferingByName( String name ){
-		return queryEntity("from CloudStackServiceOffering where name=?", new Object[] {name});
-	}
+    public List<CloudStackServiceOffering> getSvcOfferingByName( String name ){
+        return queryEntities("from CloudStackServiceOffering where name=?", new Object[] {name});
+    }
 
     public CloudStackServiceOffering getSvcOfferingById( String id ){
         return queryEntity("from CloudStackServiceOffering where id=?", new Object[] {id});
diff --git a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2Engine.java b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2Engine.java
index fd54eb4d61f..449eaecee5a 100644
--- a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2Engine.java
+++ b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/core/ec2/EC2Engine.java
@@ -1775,8 +1775,12 @@ public class EC2Engine {
            if (null == instanceType) instanceType = "m1.small";                      
            
            CloudStackSvcOfferingDao dao = new CloudStackSvcOfferingDao();
-           return dao.getSvcOfferingByName(instanceType);
-           
+            List<CloudStackServiceOffering> svcOfferingList = dao.getSvcOfferingByName(instanceType);
+            for (CloudStackServiceOffering svcOffering : svcOfferingList) {
+                if (svcOffering.getRemoved() == null)
+                    return svcOffering;
+            }
+            return null;
         } catch(Exception e) {
             logger.error( "Error while retrieving ServiceOffering information by name - ", e);
             throw new EC2ServiceException(ServerError.InternalError, e.getMessage());
diff --git a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/stack/models/CloudStackServiceOffering.hbm.xml b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/stack/models/CloudStackServiceOffering.hbm.xml
index f3c5d4d17f3..e9c73b82434 100644
--- a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/stack/models/CloudStackServiceOffering.hbm.xml
+++ b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/stack/models/CloudStackServiceOffering.hbm.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   		<property name="domainId">
      		<column name="domain_id" />
   		</property>
+        <property name="removed">
+            <column name="removed" />
+        </property>
  	</class>
 </hibernate-mapping>
 
diff --git a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/stack/models/CloudStackServiceOffering.java b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/stack/models/CloudStackServiceOffering.java
index 9dde25a553a..e3df1aaed8d 100644
--- a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/stack/models/CloudStackServiceOffering.java
+++ b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/stack/models/CloudStackServiceOffering.java
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class CloudStackServiceOffering {
 	private String systemVmType;
 	@SerializedName(ApiConstants.TAGS)
 	private String tags;
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.REMOVED)
+    private String removed;
 	
 	/**
 	 * 
@@ -196,4 +198,14 @@ public class CloudStackServiceOffering {
 		return tags;
 	}
 
+    /**
+     * @return the removed
+     */
+    public String getRemoved() {
+        return removed;
+    }
+
+    public void setRemoved(String removed) {
+        this.removed = removed;
+    }
 }